The blue text box that illuminated the room was certainly unique and strange to anyone whose eyes bestowed upon it. But what made it all the more, more intriguing was the text written in it.
<*I have the evidence.*>
Red knew from a mile, this was the system he has been using, created by Ryong to aid him with his quest to get stronger. The AI implemented inside the system would ultimately be named Blue, sort of a counterpart to his name, Red.
**
Currently, inside Red's mind, a conversation was taking place between 3 entities in a particular white room.
Inside was Red in his normal human form, Ryong in a copy of Red's body but equipped with the mask and a giant blue text with a call signal displayed in the middle.
"Blue. What are you trying to do now?"
[*Nothing Master. I'm just trying to prove that you are innocent.*]
"You are going to make things worse if you don't stop. They might think you are trying to attack them or something. "
[It is true. It's a pretty reckless move, given that they have no idea what you are.]
"How do you plan to make yourself seen as not a threat?"
[*Don't worry Master and Creator, I already have it all planned out *]
"... That's precisely why I'm worried."
[I don't want to be involved.]
"But she's your creation..."
[I'M NOT INVOLVED.]
With that Ryong left the conversation, leaving only Red and Blue alone.
"Blue. You better not___"
[*Too late.*]
Before Red could utter another word to stop Blue, she already left to create chaos.
**
With all eyes on the screen, it was obvious that they were all wary due to the danger of the unknown. With all the mages on-site armed with their weapons. They waited for any sudden movement that might pose a danger to them.
Suddenly emerging from the screen was an arm stretching out.
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ARGGHGGGGHHH-!!!!
The sight of the arm scared the living hell out of some of the mages who were prepared to strike with their offense spells all due to the sight of a small wiggly arm.
A head slowly emerged from the screen, continuing to scare the audience shitless. This time, the figure outdid herself, starting from emerging the long black hair that was covering her face, a noise accompanied her as she slowly climbs out from the screen.
Red stared with an unconcerned face, gazed upon the audience, and noticed how afraid most of them were. With the exception of a couple of them who stared with poker faces. Irene's face darkened as it would appear it was the first time she encountered something that was supernatural.
Though this doesn't help with the situation even in the slightest, it did make him laugh from within the mask at how stupidly serious the rest of them looked.
"Man, adults being afraid of S*dako is certainly refreshing," Red spoke while enjoying the situation.
[Look at the idiot over there with foams in his mouth HAHAHAHAHA!!] Ryong laughed to the point where he was grabbing his stomach.
Appearing from the screen was a young Asian girl with long black hair. To Red, she has facial features that was similar to how some of the Korean child actors looked. She would be what others call a beautiful child. But no one was able to take a good look at her face due to something else being a bigger eye catcher than her. From the screen appeared the girl sitting on the head of an enormous snake. The snake's scale had a white shade reflected in it, making the scale shine even brighter under the light. It was a remarkable-looking snake that many would dream to retrieve one of its scales as an ingredient. However, the size was the problem. As the snake slithered out from the screen, it starts to coil around Red with the girl still at the top of its head.
The snake finally stopped coiling and was standing from the ground while looking around with its huge eyes. This caused the situation to worsen as the crowd started panicking, and started running to the corners of the rooms, afraid to be eaten by the snake. Alastor was one of the few that ran away, pushing everyone away just to get to the walls for safety first.
The only ones that were not afraid were once again the same culprit, those who have been on the battlefield. Headmaster Adhira got up from his seat and stepped forward to the snake. As the rest of the audience warned him to step away and be careful, he ignored them all and proceeds to pet the snake's scale.
"Now ladies and gentlemen, can we proceed with the trial?"
That action alone, offered relief to the rest of the audience as it shows that there was nothing to be afraid of, giving them the confidence to return to their seats.
With the people in the court settled down, the trial proceeded and the mysterious girl was made to announce who or what is she.
"For who am I, my name is Blue. For what am I, you could say I'm the grimoire that Cedrick Jenkins picked up while he was browsing for books."
[A Grimoire... That's pretty smart.]
"A Grimoire? Like the magic book?"
[Yes. Grimoire normally consists of a magic sentient that lies inside it. It only truly reveals its powers once it is deemed the user who owns the book is worthy of carrying its power. Though all grimoires are different in nature.]
"But how is revealing herself as a grimoire going to help with this situation?"
[It's simple really. A grimoire always tells the truth when it chose to reveal itself. It's a known fact.]
Blue who was still sitting in the head of White, used two of her finger to enlarge the screen. It seems like it's similar to how a tablet is being used back home. While showing the screen widely, she proceeds to use her hand to access the screen similar to how someone uses a keyboard for a computer. In a moment, a colored picture appeared on the screen, with an image of Alastor smiling in it.
It was a video depicting the moment when Alastor was about to execute the magic spell that was hidden within his eyes.
The video started playing, exposing the actions that happened on the day itself. The way he acted toward a student because of her status as well as trying to inflict harm on the student due to her rejection. All of it was exposed as the video continue playing to the point where Red beat him down. If anything, that was definite proof that Alastor Moran was committing the disgusting act of an elitist that was against everything this academy stood for.
With that, all eyes were on Alastor. His face darkened as his crime was exposed to all. The punishment for this would not just be being fired from Elderwinn, it was more serious than that.
"No... There must be a mistake... No No NO NO!!!!! SORCERY, THIS IS SORCERY PLANTED BY THAT PEASANT!"
Professor Edmund stood up from his seat and immediately cast [Gravity balls], cuffing the hands of Alastor Maron.
"Grimoires does not lie. I believe this is all the evidence we need." Professor Edmund, grabbed Alastor by his arm and looked at Headmaster Adhira for his verdict.
"Yes, very well. Alastor Maron, you are hereby exiled from Elderwinn. All your qualifications and achievement as the mage of Elderwinn will be stripped from you. You will be left to the ministry of magic and the authorities from the Kingdom of Orelion to decide your fate."
'Wa___Wait... It's a mistake... IT'S A MISTAKE. I WAS BEING FRAMED. THAT PEASANT WAS THE ONE WHO INSTIGATED THIS. DO YOU KNOW WHO AM I?!?! I AM____" Before Alastor could muster any more words, Professor Edmund cast a sleeping curse, instantly dropping Alastor to dreamland.
"I hereby declare Alastor Maron___
Red sighed a relief...
___ and Cedrick Jenkins guilty."
... for a short moment before hearing the bad news.